Tsawwassen’s Markus Thormeyer is piling up the medals at the 2018 Canadian Swimming Trials.
Winskill Dolphins Swim Club product became the most successful athlete to date at the 2018 Trials on Saturday, winning his third gold and fourth medal at the event, which serves as a qualifier for next month's Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo, also home to the 2020 Summer Olympics Games.
‘I'm happy with my execution," he said, adding that breaking the record is a goal heading into Tokyo."That record has been around for nine years and it is time for us young guys to step up and put our names in the record books. My swim today has helped me on the path to getting that record.”
The 20-year-old also won gold in the men's 200 freestyle and the 100 backstroke, the event he captured a bronze medal in during the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia in April.
He also has a silver medal in the 100 freestyle from the Trials.Thormeyer credits taking a break and rediscovering his passion for the sport for his recent successes.
“I burned myself out and swimming wasn't really that exciting to me, I was kind of just showing up to the pool because I had to," he said."This past year, I took the rest I needed and taking care of myself mentally and physically. Since then, going to the pool has been more exciting on a daily basis and I have been more confident. I hope to continue to build off of that and my swims have shown that it is putting me in the right direction.”
Thormeyer is a student at the University of British Columbia which also happened to be home to Swim Canada’s regional training centre.
